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ca. 17 miles n of Barillas, Sierra de los Cucliumatanes, Jul 1942, Steyermarh 48734 (F, NY). 

 Izabal: Los Amates, Feb 1905, Beam 105 (GH, MICH, NY, US) ; Quirigua, Jul 1938, Johnston 

 1262 (F) ; Kio Dulce, Mar 1889, J. B. Smith 1534 (G-DEL, GH, US) ; vicinity of Quirigua, 

 Mai 1922, Standley 23773 (US), 24110 (US); Manicaria swamp near Pto. Barrios, Apr-May 

 1939, Standley 72801 (F), 72808 (F) ; Eseoba, across the bay (west) from Pto. Barrios, Mai 

 1939, Standley 73004 (F) ; between Bananera and "La Presa" in Montana del Mico, Mar 1940, 

 Steyermarh 38278 (F) ; Dec 1941, Steyermarh 41906 (F). 



HONDURAS: Puerto Sierra, Feb 1903, Wilson 581 (NY). Atlantida: Coyol, Aug 1923, 

 Carleton 507 (US) ; Lancetilla Valley near Tela, Jun-Jul 1929, Chichering 166 (MICH), 

 193a (MICH), 210 (MICH) ; vicinity s of San Alejo, near Rio San Alejo, Standley 7730 (F) ; 

 Lancetilla Valley near Tela, Dec 1927-Mar 1928, Standley 52995 (F, US), 53099 (US), 53108 

 (F, US), 55781 (F, US) ; vicinity of Tela, Dec 1927-Mar 1928, Standley. 54520 (F, US) ; hills 

 above Lancetilla, Jul 1934, Yuneher 4631 (F, MICH, MO), 4729 (F, MICH, MO); near 

 Lancetilla, Aug 1934, Yuneher 5007 (F, MICH, MO); foothills back of La Ceiba, Jul 1938, 

 Yuneher, Eoepper, 4' Wagner 8225 (F, GH, NY). Santa Barbara: San Pedro Sula, Apr 1888, 

 Thieme 306 (U.S. 5528) (US). Yoro: Quebrada Seca, Dec 1927, Standley 53902 (F, US). 



CULT.: Engler 65 (B, C, G-DEL, GH, L, P, US) ; "Serre du Rivage, 1853" (G) ; "Aug 

 1858," annotated by Schott, Herb. Hook. (K) ; [spec, in Herb. Hook., without data, annotated 

 by Schott apparently (K)]. 



It is not known by what means 8. blandum found its way into European 

 gardens, and its country of origin remained unknown before this investigation. 

 Engler (DC. Monogr. Phan. 2: 224. 1879) incorrectly referred to S. blandum 

 Wullschlaegal 1766 (Blnefields, Mosquito), which he considered to have been 

 collected in Suriname. Jonker and Jonker (Fl. Suriname 1: 28. 1953) first 

 recognized that that locality is not in Suriname. They were wrong, however, 

 to suggest that it might be in Jamaica, since no species of Spathipkyllum is in- 

 digenous to the Antilles. Along the Caribbean coast of southern Nicaragua is the 

 locality "Bluefields, Mosquito;" 8. friedrichsthalii is native in that region. 

 Though Wullschlaegal is not listed as having visited Nicaragua, it is possible 

 that the ship on which he traveled to Europe in 1855 made a stop on the Mosquito 

 coast before leaving the hemisphere, or possibly the specimen reached him from 

 some other source. 



There appears to be a progressive increase in the size of plants of S. blandum 

 from British Honduras southeastward to the Lancetilla Valley of Honduras, 

 where the species reaches its maximum stature. It shows little variation, however, 

 other than in size. 



S. blandum typically has the leaf -blade widest at the middle and narrowed 

 nearly equally toward either end, while in S. phryniifolium the leaf -blade, tends 

 to be widest below the middle and the base of the blade is obtuse. The absence of 

 a wing upon the geniculum separates 8. blandum from 8. ortgiesii and 8. 

 wendlandii. 



34. S. lanceaefolium (Jacq.) Schott, Melet. Bot. 22. 1832. Figure 5. 



Draeontium lanceaefolium Jacq. Collectanea 4: 118. 1790. 

 ^fassou■ia lanceaefolia C. Koch, Bonplandia 4: 12. 1856. 



Leaf-blade oblong- or elliptic-lanceolate, more than 30. cm long and ca. 10 cm 

 wide, the apex acuminate, the base (apparently) acute, the many primary lateral 

 veins arising at an angle of 45-55° ; petiole shorter than or equaling the blade, 

 alate nearly to the base of the geniculum; geniculum ca. 1.5 cm long. Peduncle 

 somewhat longer than the petiole; spathe oblong-lanceolate, ca. 15 cm long and 

 5 cm wide, the apex acuminate-cuspidate, the base (apparently) acute, decur- 

 rent on the peduncle ca. 2 cm; spadix 3-4 cm long, on a stipe ca. 1 cm long; 

 perianth segments separate or possibly conglutinate, green at the apex; pistil 

 elongate-conic, exceeding the perianth, the locules of the ovary 2-ovulate. 



